Hey All, Hi Arun, I am interested in contributing to the chrono::date library project.I have read the paper given in the link and need some ideas on how to start. I am a new contributor so please guide me to the initial phase and spare no details. Great.

As a start the paper seems to propose a new library based on boost::date. Humm based on std::chrono, isn't it? Could you point to which paper you are talking of. Should I first familiarize with the boost::date code ( try to compile it. Read the documentations etc.). Yes this is a good starting point. It would be also interesting to google for discussion about the subject. Note that I have tried it since last GSoC (2013/05?) so maybe there are

The project also has a prototype available. Are we trying to build the library further upon it ? What extra do we need to built in this project ? The paper from H.Hinnant as well as the current Boost.Chrono/Date

Le 07/02/14 22:39, Arun Sori a écrit : things that are not working now. prototype take a slightly different direction. H.H. paper has a single date class that takes in account absolute and relative dates. My prototype separates absolute dates and relative dates. In addition my prototype Date is much more a concept than a class and there could be several models of this concept. The idea is to implement several design and see which one performs better. The project would conclude with which design is more appropriated for a given usage. Lastly H. Hinnant has added on his web page some date algorithms that would be good to adapt to boost and make my prototype use them.

What are some mandatory prerequisites for the project ?

Have a good understanding of the problem domain and the performance that are required to such a Date library. Knowledge of the papers related to a possible Date library for the standard. Be familiar with the prototype design and code. Be confident with the Boost development environment. Moving the SVN repository to an initial Git repository following the new modular structure and been able to run the regressions test would be a good starting point. Best, Vicente P.S. Please contact me directly if you need more details.